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Ko, F.W.Y. (author)Hong Kong faces a unique long-term slope safety problem due to its dense urban development in a hilly terrain combined with high seasonal rainfall. Its slope engineering practice and landslide risk management have evolved in response to experience and through continuous improvement initiatives and technology advances. The application of state-of...conference paper 2015
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Brandsen, C. (author), Cools, P.M.C.B.M. (author)In the Netherlands more and more attention is paid on reducing geotechnical failures in civil engineering projects. This paper focusses on describing the contractual measures and procedures Rijkswaterstaat as a client has developed and implemented in recent years for this purpose. The principles of Geotechnical Risk Management are leading.conference paper 2015
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Chen, H.X. (author), Zhang, L.M. (author)Shallow slope failures are one of the most frequent geological hazards in mountainous areas, which pose great danger to people and properties in affected areas. This paper presents a cell-based platform for quantitative risk assessment for shallow slope failures at a regional scale. There are five components in this platform; namely, a digital...conference paper 2015
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de Vries, M. (author), Hulsbos, K. (author), Blaauw, J. (author)This paper will show how the project's geotechnical risk profile was put into design and contract, the experience of the risk monitoring and risk measures, followed by a short evaluation.conference paper 2015
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Meng, J. (author), Huang, J. (author), Sloan, S.W. (author)Slope instability and landslides can be catastrophic events often leading to loss of life and property. To assess the risks of slope failures, it is often desired that the dynamic process of slope failure can be simulated. This paper proposes a Granular Contact Dynamics (GCD) approach based on variational principles and implicit time integration...conference paper 2015
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Wong, J. (author), Berkelaar, R. (author), Pekelharing, H. (author)This paper presents an overview of an integral risk management approach with emphasis on the relationships with the costing and scheduling processes. Forms of uncertainty related to project planning are classified and implemented in the probabilistic costing and scheduling processes. Furthermore, the importance of the integral probabilistic...conference paper 2015
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Smits, E.P.T. (author)Looking back over a period of 10 years of underground works, geotechnical risk management has matured and has definitively contributed to the success of geotechnical projects in Rotterdam. But, what exactly was it that made geotechnical risk management successful? Looking back, and analysing the process, 8 habits of the (geotechnical) risk...conference paper 2015
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Spross, J. (author), Olsson, L. (author), Hintze, S. (author), Stille, H. (author)To reduce the costs of unexpected geotechnical events in construction projects in Sweden, the Swedish Geotechnical Society has adopted a general methodology for risk management. In this paper, we exemplify how the proposed risk management philosophy could have been applied on a sheet-pile wall, which failed in 1992 in Stockholm because the...conference paper 2015
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Spruit, R. (author), Hannink, G. (author), Mastbroek, H. (author), Van Hengstum, L. (author)During a design process the risk profile of a project continuously evolves. Often a project progresses through a diamond shaped risk envelope. The initial concept is simple, but during the engineering process several risks are defined and mitigated, making the design increasingly complex. With additional investigations and calculations, some of...conference paper 2015
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Hara, T. (author), Kato, T. (author), Nonoyama, M. (author), Otake, Y. (author), Honjo, Y. (author)This paper proposes a seismic risk management scheme for long continuous geotechnical structure, such as road embankment, water canal and so on. In this scheme, the continuous variation of responses, the failure probability and the risk, 50m intervals for instance, of the structure can be estimated with using response surface method. The detail...conference paper 2015
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Broere, W. (author), Van Dalen, J. (author), Van der Schrier, J. (author)As part of the Dutch national research program GeoImpuls an inventory has been made of the state of the education at Dutch institutes of higher education and post-graduate education in so far as this education concerns geotechncial engineering and geotechnical risk management. Significant differences have been found in the amount of time...conference paper 2015
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De Doelder, B (author), Hannink, G. (author)The rather complex subsoil and groundwater conditions have played an important role in the design and execution of projects with extensive excavations in the centre of Rotterdam. These projects comprise of the reconstruction of a subway station, two new traffic tunnels, an underground bicycle parking facility and a new railway terminal. The...conference paper 2015
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De Nijs, R.E.P. (author), Nap, A.C.A. (author), Korte, W. (author), Nederlof, W.J. (author)During the design phase of the reconstruction of the existing mooring facility “EBS Biohub” at the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, a high risk profile was recognized in the proximity of four new dolphins next to the existing jetty. The risk originated from the greater installation depth of the dolphins related to the limited foundation depth...conference paper 2015
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Balder, A.T. (author)The paper describes the geotechnical design and execution challenges in underground construction in the historical center of Amsterdam. The geotechnical design and risk management approach of the total works will be presented in detail, with special attention to the specific geotechnical conditions in Amsterdam and the GeoRM risk document. The...conference paper 2015
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Van Staveren, M. (author), Litjens, P. (author), Heerema, J. (author)Rijkswaterstaat is the executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, responsible for development and maintenance of the Dutch main road network, main waterway network and main water systems. Managing and realizing these networks, not only within time, budget, safety margins and quality standards, but also with a minimum...conference paper 2015
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Vervoorn, R.R.E. (author), Dekker, H.R.E. (author)Rijkswaterstaat has recently stated that the use of GeoRM is obligatory for projects with major geotechnical risks. Underground construction of freeway's in high-profile areas, such as the business district Zuidas in Amsterdam or railway links in densely populated areas, always introduce major geotechnical risks. It is not uncommon for these...conference paper 2015
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Van der Schrier, J. (author), Hoeber, H. (author)One of the key recommendations of the Geo-Impuls program, which investigated possibilities to complete more construction projects within time and budget, is to anchor geotechnical risk management in an explicit way within the project (risk) management structure. Geo-Impuls acknowledges that this puts specific demands on the project management...conference paper 2015
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Zandbergen, D. (author), Martens, J. (author)During World War II the city of Rotterdam endured hundreds of air raids. Expectations are that a few dozens of UXOs are still to be found in the Rotterdam soil. UXOs can still go off to this day due to vibrations caused by construction activities. The vibration impact on the environment around the activities can be accurately predicted. The...conference paper 2015
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Robert Assis, D. (author)The main objective of this research project is to explore the potential correlation between the level of trust between project managers and clients and the effectiveness of their Project Risk Management. The research project is executed in collaboration with Tebodin, a Dutch company that offers engineering and consultancy services worldwide;...master thesis 2015
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De Boer, R. (author)The enormous damage caused by hurricane Ike in the year 2008 has been the main incentive for several structural flood risk reduction plans in the Houston-Galveston Bay area. One of them is the ’Ike Dike’, a large-scale coastal barrier which closes Galveston Bay to prevent penetration of hurricane surges. A momentum gain for flood risk reduction...master thesis 2015